Bathing suit of the one-piece kind



Oct. 17, 1933. w DAN|EL BATHING SUIT OF THE ONE PIECE KIND Filed Dec. 14 1932 INVENTOR. BY /%{46( ATTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 17, 1933 "1,930,644 BATHING SUIT OFTHE ONE-PIECE KIND.

William Daniel, Brooklyn, N. 'Y. assignor to" Greenhill & Daniel, Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application December 14, 1932 Serial No. 647,092

2 Claims.

My invention relates to a new and improved bathing suit of the one-piece kind.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a bathing suit in which the upper or bodyvportion 5 is connected to a separate lower portion such as a pair of trunks while providing an improved ornamental belt effect.

Another object of my invention is to provide a simple method of producing a bathing suit of this type.

Another object of my invention is to provide a belt portion of contrasting color, or self-color, which is stitched in the waist of the garment between the shirt and trunks.

Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the following description and drawing which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof, it being understood that the above general statement of the objects of my invention is intended 20 merely to generally explain the same and not to limit it in any manner.

Fig. l is a front elevation.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on Fig. l. 1

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of is. 1.

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view showing how the belt portion is initially assembled with the upper and lower portions of the bathing suit.

Referring to Fig. 1, the bathing suit comprises an upper or body part 1, and a lower part 2. In this embodiment the lower part 2 consists of a pair of trunks, but said lower part 2 may consist of a skirt portion or the like.

Referring to Fig. 5, the upper part 1 and the lower part 2 and a doubled belt-member 3, are first connected to each other by means of ordinary transverse through-and-through stitches 4. The belt-member 3 is therefore formed into a loop-shape. The parts 1 2, and 3 may be made of contrasting colors, in any suitable color combination. Ordinarily, the parts 1 and 2 aremade of the same color and the part 3 is made of a contrasting color. Said belt-member constitutes a third member of the garment, because it is not integral with either of members 1 and 2.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 5, ornamental belt loops 5 may be provided, although the use of a separate belt is not necessary, because the elastic knit member 3 acts as a stitched-in belt, on which an ornamental buckle may be stitched. That is, the third member is sufiiciently elastic and is so dimensioned as to snugly fit the body.

the line 3-3 of The bottoms of the belt-loops 5 are connected to the trunk member 2, by means of stitches 6a. of any suitable type. As shown in Fig. 4, the beltloops 5 are formed with double walls. whose ends may be separate or integral with each other. The bottom of each belt-loop 5 has a U-shape, thus providing four thicknesses of fabric in the belt-loops through which the stitches 6a pass. The upper ends of the belt-loops 5 are inwardly or downwardly turned, and the downwardly turned ends of the belt-loops are located between the body member 1 and the upper ends of the belt member 3. The upper end portion of the belt member 3 and the adjacent downwardly turned ends of the loops 5 are connected to the body member 1 by means of the stitches 6. When the lower end of the belt member 3 is connected to the membersl and 2 by the transverse stitches 4, raw edges R are formed at the inner surface of the garment. These raw edges are protected and covered by means of stitches which are made by a two-needle machine'of any well known type. Said stitches comprise longitudinal stitch elements 8 and 8a, which are connected by vertical stitch elements 9. These stitches act to cover the raw edges R so as to cover said raw edges inside the garment.

The parts of the garment may be made of any suitable knitted or woven material, although the use of knitted material-is preferred. The belt member 3 is very stretchable and resilient since it can be made of ribbed knitted cloth which is cut transverseto the ribs, so that the stretch of the belt is across the ribs. 7

It will be noted that the belt member 3 is stitched in between the shirt and the trunks, by means of a single sewing operation Due to the resilience of the belt member 3, and the-construction illstrated herein, the loops 5 may be merely ornamental, and it is notnecessary to use a separate belt, as the desired lit at the waist is secured by the resilient belt member 3.

Whenever I refer to the trunk member 2 in the claims, it is to be understood that I generally include that part of the garment which is below the belt or waist portion thereof.

Referring to the drawing, it can be seen that the stitches 4 are invisible at the outside of the garment because said stitches 4 only pass through the inner portion of the folded top of the trunk member 2, and said stitches 4 are also covered by the belt member 3. The stitch elements 8 I and 8a are visible at the exterior of the garment, where they impart an ornamental effect. Q

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my 110 plurality of layers of material and having its upper end connected to the shirt member.

2. A bathing suit having a trunk member and a separate shirt member, a belt member having its lower end located between the adjacent portions of said trunk member and of said shirt member, said members being connected to each other by stitches which pass through said adjacent portions, the upper end of the belt member being connected to the trunk member by stitches, and loop members having their lower ends stitched to the trunk member below the bottom of said belt member, the upper ends of said loop members being downwardly turned and being located between the shirt member and the top of said belt'member.

' WILLIAM DANIEL. 

